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Island Bay, Wellington
Date: ca 1907
From: Wilson, Kenneth Adrian, 1924-2012: Photographs relating to Wellington
Reference: 1/2-135988
Description: View of Island Bay, Wellington, showing houses on large fenced sections at the intersection of Beach Street, Knoll Street and Tyne Street. A man and woman walk with a small child along Tyne Street toward the Esplanade where `Cliff House' is under construction. Taken by an unidentified photographer, circa 1907. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Construction workers at the site of the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, Wellington, ...
Date: 1939
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
By: Aickin, Neville d'Eresby, 1910-1983; Deste, Eileen, 1909-1986
Reference: 1/2-132303-F
Description: Construction workers at the site of the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, Wellington, during a visit by Prime Minister Michael Joseph Savage and his Cabinet Ministers. With them is the contractor James Fletcher. Shows people standing amongst scaffolding. Photograph taken by Eileen Deste or her employee Neville d'Eresby Aickin. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Number plate making, June 1956
Date: June 1956
From: Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002 :Negatives of Wellington, and national events and personalities
Reference: 1/2-177104-F
Description: Detail of factory interior showing male worker at the machine pressing out steel number plates, taken by Morrie Hill. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 6 x 6 cm
Creator unknown :Photograph of the new and old Kelburn Viaducts, Wellington
Date: [ca 1930]
Reference: PAColl-9483
Description: Photograph of the new and old Kelburn Viaducts, Wellington, circa 1930. Photographer unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Relationship complexity - Very similar image is at 1/2-053025. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 16.6 x 21.6 cm
[Construction under way at the Wellington Gas Company plant, Miramar]
Date: [Between 1922 and 1927]
From: Lithgow, Robert William, fl 1980s :Photographs of buildings constructed by the Hansford & Mills Construction Co., and of the Kairuru marble quarry
Reference: PA1-q-144-063
Description: Construction work under way at the Wellington Gas Company plant in Miramar, photographed between 1922 and 1927 by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - above image - Gas Co plant - from hillside Hansford & Mills Construction Co Ltd were the contractors for construction at the Wellington Gas Company plant in Miramar. Construction was completed in three stages between 1922 and 1927. (Source "60 years of light and heat", Wellington Gas Co, 1930) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 115 x 198 mm mounted on album page
Overlooking the Dominion Museum, Mount Cook, Wellington, under construction
Date: Aug-Oct 1934
From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand
Reference: 1/2-046048-G
Description: Overlooking the Dominion Museum, Mount Cook, Wellington, under construction. The Carillon is to the left. Houses in Mount Victoria are in the background. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith between August and October, 1934. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass dry plate negative
Rimutaka tunnel under construction, Wairarapa, Wellington - Photograph taken by E Woollett
Date: Mar 1954
From: Tourist and Publicity
By: Woollett, E, active 1951-1955
Reference: 1/2-027643-F
Description: Rimutaka tunnel under construction, east portal, Featherston, Wairarapa, Wellington. Shows men clearing debris to prepare for concrete channelling. Photograph taken in March 1954, for the National Publicity Studios, by E Woollett. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.
Number plate making, June 1956
Date: June 1956
From: Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002 :Negatives of Wellington, and national events and personalities
Reference: 1/2-177103-F
Description: Detail of factory interior showing a male worker seated at what appears to be a press with a number plate, taken by Morrie Hill. Beyond the worker another man can be seen. This seems to be the point in the manufacturing process when the plates are painted or enamelled. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 6 x 6 cm
Newtown, Wellington, with the public hospital in the foreground
Date: 1901
From: St John's Church :Photographs of church buildings, personalities and activities
Reference: PA1-o-451-12-2
Description: Newtown, Wellington, 1901, with the public hospital in the foreground. The operating theatre is under construction. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Paper print
New Zealand International Exhibition :A proclamation. Christchurch. November 1906 - Apr...
Date: 1906
By: Lyttelton Times Company Ltd
Reference: Eph-E-EXHIBITION-1906-01
Description: Shows text of proclamation by J Ward, Minister of Industries and Commerce, surrounded by inset photo portraits of: W Lee (Baron Plunket), R J Seddon, J G Ward, the Mayor of Christchurch C M Gray, the Mayor of Dunedin J Braithwaite, the Mayor of Wellington T W Hislop, and the Mayor of Auckland A M Myers. Portraits of the King and Queen are at the top. Also featured are inset scenes of a Maori with spear, harvest and farming scenes, fishing, shipping, industry and arts, and at bottom a picture of the exhibition buildings. Other Titles - Poster Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Lyttelton Times Co. Lith, Christchurch, NZ; Recto - bottom centre - Applications for space...from E J Righton, Secretary New Zealand International Exhibition, Christchurch, N.Z. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour lithograph 917 x 585 mm.
Empire Service League :Buy N.Z. goods; insist on N.Z. goods. We have them here. [1931?].
Date: 1930 - 1932
By: Empire Service League; Wilson Brothers (Rangiora, N.Z.)
Reference: Eph-C-ASSOCIATION-E-1931
Description: Shows arrangement of text. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Printed by Wilson Bros., Rangiora. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Black letterpress on yellow, 510 x 381 mm.
Rimutaka tunnel under construction, Wairarapa, Wellington - Photograph taken by E Woollett
Date: Mar 1954
From: Tourist and Publicity
By: Woollett, E, active 1951-1955
Reference: 1/2-027645-F
Description: Rimutaka tunnel under construction, east portal, Featherston, Wairarapa, Wellington. Shows men pushing a timber beam into place as a loose section of the face threatens to fall. Photograph taken in March 1954, for the National Publicity Studios, by E Woollett. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.
Lynch, James, 1947-:"Hold it!" 15 June 1981
Date: 1981
From: Lynch, James Robert, 1947- :[Digital scans of cartoons published in the New Plymouth Daily News and the New Zealand Times]
By: Taranaki daily news (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0022082
Description: Shows a crane with a wrecking ball being driven by Associate Minister of Finance Derek Quigley. The wrecking ball has demolished a building that represents the 'building industry'. Minister of Labour Jim Bolger and Minister of National Development Bill Birch, yell at Quigley to stop. They carry suitcases labelled 'skilled Labour needs' and 'major projects'. Context: Government policy seemed to be driving skilled labour to Australia just as other areas looked like needing them. (Context notes by cartoonist) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Diversion of the Tongariro River intake structure under construction
Date: 14 February 1972
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP-Energy-Hydroelectricity-Tongariro power scheme-04
Description: Partly constructed stream-bed intake over which the Tongariro River will be diverted. Photographed by an unknown photographer 14 February 1972 Publication note - published in the Evening Post 12 April 1973 Source of descriptive information - notes on file print Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 21.6 x 16.5 cmt
Ed Smith, chief tunnel supervisor - Photograph taken by Hazledine's Studio Ltd
Date: 6 February 1964
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP-Energy-Hydro Electricity-Manapouri Power Project-Wanganella Hostel ship at Deep Cove-05
Description: Ed Smith, chief tunnel supervisor, Manapouri Power Project. Photographed by Hazledine's Studio Ltd, Invercargill, 6 February 1964. Subject previously incorrectly identified as Edward Comper Smith, 1927-. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 20.5 x 15 cm
Construction site of City Council works depot, Nelson Street, Auckland City
Date: 26 Jan 1965
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-63321-G
Description: Aerial photograph of the construction site for the Auckland City Council works depot on Nelson Street, Auckland. Taken by Whites Aviation on 26 January 1965. Source of descriptive information - Location identified by Library client Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches